Archive for the 'Fun Marketing Blogs' Category
Sometimes you just need a good dose of Kirk to jumpstart your Monday afternoon.
In this long lost video from 1983, the “distinguished actor William Shatner” (as he is called in his introduction here) recites Poe’s classic “The Raven.”
Is it campy, overwrought melodrama? Of course. That’s what makes it fantastic.
When I saw this, I wondered aloud, [...]
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Tags: 1980s, edgar allen poe, funny, kirk, ridiculous, star trek, the raven, william shatner
Why I won’t be buying an iPad
Since the release of Apple’s much anticipated tablet device yesterday, the web has fallen all over itself with predictions, implications, praise and derision. Many have said that it is trying to carve out a new space between smartphone and laptop, and most are complaining of the device’s shortcomings – no flash, no camera, no multitasking, [...]
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Tags: apple, hype, iBook, iMac, ipad, iPhone, iPod, iTunes, laptop, macbook, marketing, media, review, smartphone, specs, steve jobs, tablet
Fairpoint’s freakish furby
Fairpoint has a weird little campaign going these days.
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Tags: bankruptcy, budget, cable, cell, communications, Fairpoint, internet, ISP, New England, New Hampshire, phone, problems, regulators, service, TV, Verizon, vermont
Ridiculous iPhone app catches people snooping on your phone.
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Tags: app, boyfriend, catching, cheating, girlfriend, husband, iPhone, relationships, snooping, spouses, technology, tracking, wife
PUMA has a bit of fun
Dang. If you’re theater geeks like we are, this is exactly the kind of ad that gives you chills. In this PUMA series, “The Games We Play,” director Jared Eberhardt creates a carefully choreographed “stage show” interpretation of the PUMA factory (one we’d actually like to work in).
It looks a little like what might happen [...]
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Tags: ad, commerical, fun, marketing, PUMA, quirky, sports, spot, stage, theater
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